Car-replacer.



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APPLICATION FILED MAB.30,1909.

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APPLIOATION IILED MAR.30,1909.

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MORGAN L. STOMBAUGH, 0F

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 30, 1909. Serial No. 486,673.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORGAN L. STOM- BAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at J ohnstown, in the county of Gambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car- Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to car replacers and is directed to that class of replacers whereby a derailed car may be easily and quickly replaced upon the tracks in either direction.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having its parts so constructed and arranged as to be readily and easily applicable to the rails and when so positioned will receive a firm bearing upon the base flanges of the rails as well as the ties thereof, so that accidental slipping or movement of the members is entirely obviated.

A still further object of the invention is to provide devices of this character which may be positioned upon rails of different widths, arrangement being made whereby the locking shoe securely engages one side of the head of the rail and the opposite side of the wheel guiding member thus forcing the said guiding member tightly against the side of the rail.

WVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description progresses the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts here inafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings there has been illustrated a simple and preferred embodiment of the invention, and in which,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of the railway showing the improvement in applied position thereon. Fig. 2 is a sectional view upon the line 2--2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view upon the line 3--3 of Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. {l is a perspective view of one of the wheel guides or rail members. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the shoe or frog employed in connection with the member illustrated in Fig. l. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the opposite wheel guide or rail member. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the shoe or frog employed in connection with the device illustrated in Fig. 6.

Then the car'is derailed the wheels at one side of the car are between the rails and the wheels at the other side-of the car are outside of the rail. sary to employ two separate members of a slightly different construction in retracking the car, so that in one operation the wheels of the truck at one end of a derailed car may be carried back to either position upon the tracks.

In the accompanying drawings the numerals 1 and 2 designate a pair of railway rails and 3 the ties or sleepers, upon which the rails are positioned.

The numeral 4 designates one of the members employed. This member 4: is constructed of a single casting of suitable hardened metal, and comprises essentially a pair of spaced sides 5 and 6 connecting inclined faces 7 and a central horizontal portion 8. The sides 6 and 7 preferably diverge one from the other to their lower portions and the side 5 is preferably of a lesser height than the side 6 so that the side 5 may have its lower edge positioned upon the base flange of the rail 2, while the lower edge of the side 6 rests upon the ties 3. By this arrangement it will be noted that the side 5 is provided with a firm bearing and that the member 4: maybe securely positioned adjacent the side of the rail 2, irrespective of the size or condition of the ties 8 over which the side members 4 are sustained. The inclined faces 7 have their edges adja; cent the side 6 provided with a suitable upstanding fiange 9. This flange 9 is enlarged at its point of connection with the central portion 8 of the member 4 and is gradually reduced in width toward the ends of the said member 4-. The flange 9 is continued across the central or horizontal portion 8 of the member 4 in parallel relation therewith and this portion of the flange is formed with a depression or pocket 10.

The side 6 is cut away longitudinally as at 11 directly below the cutaway portion 10 and the side 5 is also cut away as at 12 to provide a horizontal wall alining with hori- Patented. Oct. 19, 1909.

For this reason it is neceszontal wall of the cut away portion 11, thus forming the top of the member 4: with a substantial pocket adapted for the reception of a substantially triangular or shield shaped projection 13.. This substantially triangular or shield shaped member 13 comprises a horizontal plate 14 having a plurality of staggered slots 15 adjacent one of its ends, while its opposite end is provided with a substantially offset longitudinally-extending web 16 from which is depended a substantially L-shaped rail engaging clasp or memher 17. The faceof the plate 14 is also provided with a suitable substantially triangular or shield shaped member 18 having a rear vertical longitudinally-extending wall adapted to be positioned within the portion 10 of the flange 9,'while its opposite face is substantially -V-shaped so as to provide a way between the member 18 and the offset 16 for directing the flange of a car wheel upon the rail in the well known manner.

In placing the device upon a rail the mem her 4 is first positioned adjacent the inner face of the rail having its longitudinally extending side 5 resting upon the base flange of the rail and its opposite side 6 resting upon the ties or sleepers 3. The horizontal portion 8 of the member 4' is adapted to lie in a parallel line with the top or head of the rail 2. The shoe member 13 has its plate 14 now inserted within the cut away portion of the member 4 so as to have its end slid through the opening 11 of the side 6 and its L-shaped offset engaging beneath the upper head portion of the rail 2. When the shoe is thus positioned suitable wedges 19 are inserted within the staggered slots or cut away portions 15 nearest the side 6 of the member 4, so as to secure the said member against the rail and effectively prevent either the lateral or the longitudinal movement thereof.

The numeral 20 designates the opposite rail member. This member 20 is substantially similar to the'member 4: just described being provided with a central horizontal portion having inclined faces 21 extending in opposite directions therefrom and having one of its edges provided with'flanges diverging from the center and being provided with suitable cut away portions so as to provide a pocket adapted for the reception of the shoe 22. This shoe 22 comprises a plate 23 having a plurality of staggered slots or cut away portions 2 1 and has its face provided with a V-shaped member 25. The member 22 has its end opposite to that adjacent the slots provided with an offset L-shaped portion 26. The plate 23 is adapted to be inserted through the opening or cut away portion 27 provided in the outer side of the member 20 so as to bring its offset portion 26 securely against and beneath the inner face of the head of the rail 1. The

and quickly applied to a rail, which sustains a firm bearing upon the base flange of the rail and upon the ties securing therail, and one which may be easilyand quickly disassembled by merely removing the wedge shaped members 19.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as. new is:

1. In a car replacer, a member comprising a horizontal portion having faces diverging in opposite directions from the horizontal portion, said horizontal portion being pro vided with a cut away portion or pocket and a shoe having a substantially triangular or shield shaped projection and a rail engaging offset adjustably and removably connected with the pocket of the member.

2. In combination with a rail, a member having a horizontal portion provided with a pocket and having faces inclined in opposite directions from the horizontal portion,

of a plate provided with a substantially triangular or shield shaped projection and an L-shaped offset adapted to engage one side of the rail head, said plate being adapted to engage within the pocket of the member,

and means for securing the plate upon the rail and upon the member.

3. In combination with a rail and ties the rail, the face of the member being'pro- V vided adjacent one of its sides with a flange and the said face and flange diverging in opposite directions from the center of the member, the central portion of the 'member being cut away to provide a pocket having an opening through one of the sides, and a shoe provided with a rail engaging offset and a triangular offset positioned within the pocket, and extending through the opening in the side of the member, and means for securing the shoe upon the member and 1 upon the rail.

4. In a car replacer, the combination with a member having longitudinally extending sides of inclined and integrally formed faces 7 connecting the sides, converging flanges for the 11101111661 faces, said 'member being provided with a central horizontal portion comprising a pocket and being provided with an opening, and a shoe for said pocket and opening, said shoe comprising a plate having a triangular offset and an L-shaped oifset member, the shoe being also provided with a plurality of staggered openings and wedge shaped members adapted to engage the openings to retain the shoe upon the member, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORGAN L. STOMBAUGH. Witnesses JOSEPH JENKINS, ALEX N. HART. 

